Azuchi Castle (安土城, Azuchi-jō) was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture...
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The Azuchi–Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, Azuchi–Momoyama jidai) was the final phase of the Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai) in Japanese history from 1568...
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Oda Nobunaga (category People of Azuchi–Momoyama-period Japan)
called the Azuchi–Momoyama period. The name "Azuchi–Momoyama" comes from the fact that Nobunaga's castle, Azuchi Castle, was located in Azuchi, Shiga; while...
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The Azuchi Screens (Japanese: 安土屏風) are a set of six-folding screens depicting Azuchi Castle and its nearby town. Oda Nobunaga gifted them to Pope Gregory...
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On March 21, 2010, Azuchi was merged into the expanded city of Ōmihachiman. The town is well known for the ruins of Azuchi Castle of Oda Nobunaga, the...
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unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The main keep of Osaka Castle is situated on a plot of land roughly one square...
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palace-like castles: Azuchi Castle was Japan's first castle to have a tenshu (天守, main keep), and it inspired both Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Osaka Castle and Tokugawa...
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List of daimyōs from the Sengoku period (section Oda Clan, Kiyosu Castle, Komakiyama Castle, Gifu Castle, Azuchi Castle)
Nirayama Castle Hōjō Ujitsuna Hōjō Genan Hōjō Ujiyasu Hōjō Tsunashige : Tamanawa Castle Hōjō Ujimasa Hōjō Ujiteru : Takiyama Castle, Hachiōji Castle Hōjō...
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Samurai (section Azuchi–Momoyama period)
"Azuchi-Momoyama" comes from the fact that Nobunaga's castle, Azuchi Castle, was located in Azuchi, Shiga, and Fushimi Castle, where Hideyoshi lived after his retirement...
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Kannonji Castle (観音寺城, Kannonji-jō) was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of...
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built Azuchi Castle from 1576 to 1579. Earlier fortifications of the Kamakura and Muromachi periods were crude large-scale structures; Azuchi, however...
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Shogun (section Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573–1603))
Japan. The name "Azuchi-Momoyama" comes from the fact that Nobunaga's castle, Azuchi Castle, was located in Azuchi, Shiga, and Fushimi Castle, where Hideyoshi...
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after destroying the Takeda clan, returned to Azuchi in high spirits. Tokugawa Ieyasu also came to Azuchi Castle to thank Nobunaga for giving him the Suruga...
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Tenshu (category Castle architecture)
Nijō Castle, Azuchi Castle, Itami Castle, Kitanosho Castle, Yamazaki Castle, Nagahama Castle, Ishigakiyama Ichiyoru Castle, Yodo Castle. Second, in its...
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Japan. The name "Azuchi-Momoyama" comes from the fact that Nobunaga's castle, Azuchi Castle, was located in Azuchi, Shiga, and Fushimi Castle, where Hideyoshi...
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Oda clan (section Clan castles)
Furuwatari Castle. Oda Nobutomo held Kiyosu Castle, but he was besieged and killed in 1555 by his nephew Oda Nobunaga who operated from Nagoya Castle. This...
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the completion of Azuchi Castle in 1579. The whole castle complex reached from top to bottom, with the main keep at the top. Gifu Castle was given to his...
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conversation partner for the last year of the warlord's life, defending Azuchi castle from the traitorous Akechi forces in 1582, where Nobunaga committed...
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lake from the Isaki Temple. Musa-juku Azuchi area Azuchi Castle, Special National Historic Site Kannonji Castle ruins, National Historic Site Chōmei-ji...
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of Honnō-ji which killed Oda Nobunaga. He was assigned to defend the Azuchi Castle and fought against Hori Hidemasa as a rear guard for Mitsuhide during...
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resemblance to a bird taking flight. As with almost all Japanese castles from the Azuchi-Momoyama period onward, the tenshu (天守, main keep), the most prominent...
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and a shotgun in the other. He is killed by Masamune and Yukimura at Azuchi Castle. Nōhime (濃姫) Voiced by: Yurika Hino (Japanese); Stephanie Young (English)...
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Kyoto. Gifu Castle functioned as his primary residence and military headquarters until he moved to the partially completed Azuchi Castle in 1575. Nobunaga's...
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Jōdo-shū sects of Japanese Buddhism, at Jōgon-in near Oda Nobunaga's Azuchi Castle in 1579. The incident was caused by a number of disturbances caused...
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takes its name from Nobunaga's headquarters, Azuchi Castle, and Hideyoshi's headquarters, Momoyama Castle. Nobunaga was the daimyō of the small province...
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Castle, Amagasaki, Hyōgo Aoba Castle, Sendai, Miyagi Aya Castle, Aya, Miyazaki Azuchi Castle, Azuchi, Shiga (see Azuchi-Momoyama period) Beru Castle,...
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lying about Nobunaga's death and intends to kill Nobunaga at Azuchi Castle. At Azuchi Castle, the TRA split up their forces, with Mumei protecting Nobunaga...
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Hatano Hideharu, attempted to assassinate Nobunaga by infiltrating Azuchi Castle. Although the mission failed and Rokurō forced to commit suicide. According...
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the Oda through domestic affairs, assisting in the construction of Azuchi castle in 1578 and in land surveys with Akechi Mitsuhide in 1580 in the Yamato...
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lineages, resided. Castle construction technology had been extensively developed and consolidated since the construction of Azuchi Castle in 1576 by Oda Nobunaga...
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